Lifting lever for cars



- June 26, 1928. 1,674,671

B. F. TEEToR I LIFTING I EVER FOR CARS Filed May 7, 1928 Patented June 26, 192.8.r i `s.

v:anninu'Iviv TE'ETOBQ 'oFHnGnnsiirown INDIANAi f nirrrivd LEVER nonsens. i

`Applicatidn yled May 7,

fl-he 4pres-ent invention relates, to lifting.-

levers for cars.y

The. present invention. isv particularly plicable to'light inspection cars'of thetype adapted to, run upon: railroadrailsn is` frequently necessary in inspection. car service. to lift said cars from the railroad rails. andv remount said car upon said rails. Inasmucli as inspection cars of moderntype arerela.-

tively heavy, the job of lifting: same,if'fthef lifting action is a` direct one, involves the.

exertion of considerable forceby the opere:

ators. On the other handfiff levers are pro-l vided for the purpose, said leversare either obtrusive when not required for service, or .f

. require special holding meansv to. prevent the principles of the -presentinvention l Figure 2 is a top plan view oftheframe'ofi. the light inspection car shown` in: Figure 1 Figure 3 is a view in side elevation. of oneof the lifting levers-*shownin Figure 1, to-

ysame from clattering ifvsaid levers are made removable.-

An object' ofthe present'invention istoprovide a light inspection carv havingy lifting levers as permanentl equipment.:thereon, which lifting levers may be readilyf'swung into operative position oriintounobtrusive` position, said levers being-'free .fromy rattle at all times.

'A furtherobject is toprovide lifting` levers for light inspection cars or the like, which levers are cheap to manufacture, easyto `asf semble and easy to operate.

A further Objectis to provide light spection car or the like "having liftingl levers;v as parts thereof, whichl lifting levers' are' sturdly supportedrupon rigidgvparts of the frame ofsaid car. i

Further objects will tion-proceeds. f Referring to the drawings-f` Figure 1 is aperspectiveview applied thereto, which klifting levers embody gether with a portionof `the lightiinspection car with which. ity cooperates Figure 4 is a top plan View ofixthe strjucI ture shown inv Figurex2, thenon-obtrusive position of the lift-ing lever being. indicated in dotted lines; and l Figure 5 is,` a bottom plan view of the construction shown in Figures 3 and 4.

The numeral 10 indicates theframe of an inspection car mounted upon vt-he flanged wheels 1111. Said flanged wheels are appear as the descrip-v illustratingA a light inspection caryhaving liftingy lever'Sv 22 isprovided .with-1 the elbow 23, which has secured: thereto the rod 24. Located on'fthe 1921's'.semaine..215,579'..l f

ride railroad `rails y(not` shown). The body 10 of the light inspection car preferably. includes relatively strong beams `.12E-12, one of vwhichextends across said body at the front thereof and `another of which Vextendsacross lsaid body' at ythe rear thereof. .The beams at thev front and rear.'

'shown inFigure3, eachl bracket lthasytwo legs, indicated bythe numerals. 154 and 16',

disposed yin substantially right-.angular relat-ionship-'with each other, theleg '15 having l a .substantially fiat face adapted tofbear.

againstthe. :outerface of the corresponding beam 12, theleg 16v having a flat face adapted tobear against the under side of thev adjacent foreandfaft"member 13. In the illustrated embodiment `ofthe present invention theleg? 16. is offset, as indicatedby-the;numeral17,z to. accommodatethe beam 12, whichy extends" n toaflofwer level than does the adjacentvfore two: ends'zthereofifor. securing brackets 14-1/1'. to Athecorrespondi'ng beams 12-12 at the two..yends;of th'ecar.` The legs-16..1.6 aref secured, to the?.correspondingforefand-aft members 13 by means ofbolt's 20;

Projeotingufrom the' leg lljare' a pairgof arms. `21--21,y spaced.. vapart aV sufcient dis# tance*tofpljovidelv clearance #for the correspendingnut19.. Saidlarms .21-211 are lpro.-

vided l.with aligned apertures for the recep ti'onlof cylindrical member 22, which may be af tube.' 'Theupper@extremity ofthe tube outside of' theltube22v between the elbow 23 r and: the upper 'side ofthe :arm 21 `is the coil spring 25, which normally urges: 'the' tube'22y upwardly. lSecured to thetube 22nearthe lower extremity; thereof yis the-',pin126 having y n its endsprojeoting. beyond'the outlines of the tube 22.

ably hold the projectingends of the pin 26l The projecting ends ofjth'e j pins 26.-.f2'6, j which" ends zare. diametrically ldis-,y

within said grooves 274-27. `Said grooves i are arranged in quadrants, andthe pin 26 is A pair of brackets 14 maybe located atv l either end of the car, and the positions of said brackets transversely of the car Will be chosen to correspond with the center .of mass of said car, whereby when a lifting movement is applied to the rods 24-24 at either end of the car, the resulting leverage action will be applied at the desired region transversely of the car.

It will be clear that when it is desired to apply a lifting force to either end of the car, the rods 24 will be swung out of the positions in which they are shown in Figures l and 2 into positions longitudinally of the car. The force necessary to swing said rods from obtrusive to non-obtrusive position, or conversely, is the force suliicient to compress the spring 25 an amount necessary to free the projecting ends of the pin 26 from the grooves 27-27. When the rods 24-24 have been swung to their operative positions, the

projectingends of said pins 26-26 .will snap into the corresponding grooves 27-27 and said rods 24--24 will be releasably` held in operative position. When it isdesired to move the rods 24-24 vback into unobtrusive position, a. svvingingmovement will be communicated thereto suflicient to compress the springs 25-25 a suicient amount to permit the freeing of the pin 26 from the grooves 27-27- The force ofthe spring 25 will be suiiicient to hold the rods 24 against clattering, whereby the rods 24-24 Will not only be in unobtrusive position, but Will be noiseless as Well.

Though a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail, it will be understood that many modi-` fications will occur to those skilled in the art. It is intended to cover all such modifications that fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed isl. An inspection car including a frame having cross beams and foreand-aft members, brackets secured to said cross beams and having portions secured to said foreand-aft members, a lever swingingly carried by each of said brackets, and spring-pressed detent means cooperating with each of said levers for holdingsaid levers selectably in predetermined positions relative to said cross beams.l

2. In a light inspection car, in combination, cross beams, a fore-and-aft member4 connecting said cross beams, a bracket len gaging and secured to one of said cross beams and to said fore-and-aft member, a

metrically with respect to the center of mass` of said car transversely of said car, lever means carried by said bracket means, and spring means reacting against said lever means fo-r holding said lever means releasably in position lengthwise of said car or ink a position transversely of said car.

5. A car including a cross member at an end thereof, fore-and-aft members abutting said cross member, a pair of brackets connected to said cross member and to said foreand-aft members, said pair of brackets being disposed symmetrically with respect to the center of massof said car transversely of said car, and spring means reacting againstV said levers for holding same releasably in selectable positions relative to said cross member.

6. In combination, a bracket for coopera tion with an inspection4 car or the like comprising an L-shapedattaching portion and a bearing portion, an L-shaped lever having one leg thereof rotatably mounted within saidbearing portion, a detent carried by said leg adapted to seat itself selectably` Within a plurality of angularly disposed recessesin said bearing portion and a spring for releasably holding said detent Within one or another of said recesses.

Signed at Hagerstown, Ind., thisSrd day of May, 1928. BENJAMIN F. TEETOR. 

